4.1.11. Delt: delta line model¶
The delta line model is a simple model for an infinitely narrow emission line.
The spectrum is given by:
where is the photon energy in keV, the photon flux in units of , is the line energy of the spectral line (in keV) and is the line normalisation (in units of ). The total line flux is simply given by .
To ease the use for dispersive spectrometers (gratings) there is an
option to define the wavelength instead of the energy as the basic
parameter. The parameter type
determines which case applies: type=0
(default) corresponding to energy, type=1 corresponding to wavelength
units.
Warning
When changing from energy to wavelength units, take care about the frozen/thawn status of the line centroid and FWHM.
Warning
You need to do a “calc” or “fit” command to get an update of the wavelength (for type=0) or energy (type=1).
The parameters of the model are:
norm
: Normalisation , in units of
. Default value: 1.e
: The line energy in keV. Default value: 6.4 keV.type
: The type: 0 for energy units, 1 for wavelength units.w
: The line wavelength in Å. Default value: 20 Å.